Alexander Fortin

I'm a Software Engineer passionate about automation and all the things as Code

Exciting news from Mistral:

mistral.ai/news/mistral...

Looking forward to try it out and compare to my daily driver (Zai glm-5.3-flash)
Introducing Mistral Large 4 | Mistralmistral.ai
2026-10-06View on Bluesky
"Metallica have survived this long not because they’re genre shapeshifters, but because their music is so rooted in the forever resonant concepts of injustice, mortality, human violence and mistrust."

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/o...
Metallica review – metal titans on fine form in spectacular rarities-focused showwww.theguardian.com
2026-10-06View on Bluesky
I just can't stop watching Senator Eric Schmitt making himself the biggest fool of the year (of the century?) flagging Jack Smith as "dirtbag".

Oh boy, it's true that trumpism gave us a new level of global tragicomedy but this is reality beating fiction on comedy too 🥰

youtu.be/Rb0KxHkguOo?...
AI Leaders Sign Trump's "Self-Policing" Pact & Eric Schmitt's Ambush Backfires | The Daily Showyoutu.be
2026-10-01View on Bluesky

Serverless vanity Go import server
I cooked my bespoke solution to avoid coupling my Go code with GitHub
2026-09-281 min
Cheap and easy throwaway VPN server
I travel a lot and I don't like censored internet, in this article I'm discussing the various workarounds I put in place to circumvent restrictions.
2026-09-226 min
Who said a tech addict can't be comfortable far from home?
When I relocate I like to be as comfortable as possible without having to buy new gear. In this article I describe my setup in details and some of the reasoning that made me come up with it.
2026-09-0610 min
- #travel
- #gear